It has been snowing at higher elevations off and on for weeks now. Yesterday, the clouds stayed high and I could see that both Mt.Hood and Mt. Adams are completely white now - no rocks showing through at all.

We have had some weak storms come through Calif. in the last few weeks--we went hiking in the Eastern Sierra last weekend, check the snow coverage here:http://nicolassmith.smugmug.com/gallery/3619320#P-9-15

We haven't had snow in Edmonton yet. In fact, the forecast looks quite nice for the next week or two. Usually the weather tanks around Halloween. Last year we had the snowiest November on record and it stayed on the ground well into April. Six months of snow is enough to make you sick of it.

It's been snowing mildly in the higher elevations around here, but not in the valley as of yet. Of course, the valley rarely gets snow, but even the mountains around Boise haven't quite gotten snow yet.